La Grande evening observer., July 11, 1913, Image 8

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LA GRA203S EVENING OBSERVER,
BUYS WEEKLY PAPER. J
Having purchased the Forest Grove)
'Press in the college town of Forest
Grove, near Portland.. Georee H. Cur-!
rey, Jr. is home from a Willamette val
ley journej .preparing to take posses
sion of the plant in a week's time. The
paper is a thriving organ in a thriving
town finds, Mr, Currey, and will be a
suitable lane and vehicle on which he;
is to launch out o nthe high seas off
journalism. His training for the bus
iness was largely obtained in services
f the Observer; he mastered the me
chanical phase as a boy and later in
"front office" departments.
' Mr. Currey is an ambitious, hard
worker- and the citizens of Forest
Grove will soon find out they have a
live wire who will always bo on the
job when it cornea to advertising the
interest of their city and vicinify. His
friends feeisorry at losing George but
11 wish him all kinds of success and
know he will succeed. i
' FoUora Gallows Drops.
Folsom, July 11. Oppenheimer was
hanged here today at 10:33. He show
ed no sign of mental anguish. Before I
the hanging he addressed the news-1
paper men and moralized upon capital I
jpunishment, saying it was a relic of
The Class of Stockholders
; Associated with Mr. Fred
A. Jacobs in the control and
management of the Metro
; politan Company are a num
ber of the wealthy and influ
ential men of Portland, men
who, by reason of their long
residence in Portland and
through familiarity with re
alty values in that dtp ren
der valuable' service to th?
company's stockholders in
. selecting and purchasing
real estate at a low price tu
be developed and improved
JULY 15TH METROPOLITAN
SHARES ADVANCE TO $103.E0
It is the intention of Mr.
Jacobs and the other offi
cials of the company to have
no one connected with the in
timate management of the
company but men who are
known for their sound busi
ness judgment and unim
peachable integrity men
who have demonstrated their
ability to wisely manage -the
affairs of a large corpora-,
tion by making a conspicu
ous success of their private
business affairs such as
Lloyd J. Wentworth. vice
president of the Lumber
man's National latik: John
F. Dalv. president f the Ti
tle - trust (. ompany: W . K
Coman, general manager o
of
the Northwest Klectric Com
pany ar.d a host of others,
by the ciimi;mv. In mauv
ither was the Motroolitan
t'otnnauv's splendid list of
itorkholdei's is a valuable as
set. I loth the Inward of direct
ors and executive Umrd is
made up of the highest class
of business and professional
men in the city.
RESERVATIONS
Eeto the Door of Qpporfainiifcy Today
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Women's Suits
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Two Big' Reasons Winy You
Should Join This Enterprise
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Houses. I nmty Place north of ashiugton. Built and owned
pohtan Investment & Improvement Companv earned 13 per cent durin the
r made by an organization of this kind on the Pacific Coast.
re.inii for YMX Stivk can now lw n.l,,.! m i.o V,. i..: 11 lLV"? '
S NO BETTER INVESTMENT IN THIS LIVE RFtvr.
AT ONCE OR WRITE FOR FLRTHKR iVrORu rTV.w
The Fred A. Jacobs Co., Selling Agents
269 Washington St., Portland, Oregon
Reductions
Women's Coats - HALF PRICE
Women's Trimmed Hats - 1-2 Price
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by The Metropolitan Compmv
first ni mAnti,-nfta.n,i-'
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of 2 per cent each and
.iniv loth to get in at that figure
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SALE
Parasols at ;
ONE-HALF PRICE
Great Reductions
on Men's Suits
PoVtland's Vast Opportunities
Portland, the metropolis
of Oregon, offers the best op- V
portunity in all the Pacific
Xorthwest for safe and prof
itable investment, of money.
It is growing wonderfully
and the strong probability is
that it will double in popu
lation long before the next
census year comes. When
Portland. reaches the '500,
000 mark present land val-
ues will be much more tban ;
doubled. ' :
Metropolitan Investment ;
and Impiovement Com
pany's stock is based on tliGs,
best and most valuable real
estate in the city of Port
land. The Company's mom
ey is invested in realtv that
is selected and purchased by
I,. in , I
Shares are Now on an 8 Per
Cent Dividend Basis
a committee of stockholders
who are chosen : because of
"their expert knowledge of
realty values. This commit
tee has recently purchased
for the company a large
number of residenf lot?
in one of the most desiraMe
sections of the city for 65 &
75 per cent of the prices ask
ed for surrounding proper
ties. The Metropolitan Company owns a
large block located in the highest ptic
ed apartment house district in the
city. This property was acquired at
a very low figure and is now worth
at least S3 1-3 per cent more than
when it was purchased by the com
pany. On this block, the company has
recently completed a magnificent
apartment house, one f the finest
in the city, which is now" a part of the
company's assets and beloflgs outright
to its stockholders.
stence. This Is the best
9 per cent surplus is our &
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